New | Chinese company denies links to suspected North Korean drones that crashed in South
Beijing-based firm's drones have caused buzz for their striking similarities to mystery UAVs
Two drones that crashed recently in South Korea were not sold by a Chinese retailer, whose products bear a striking resemblance to the crashed drones, according to a company spokesperson.
“We have nothing to do with this,” a spokeswoman for China TranComm Technologies, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, said. “We have never publicly sold these drones.”
We have nothing to do with this. We have never publicly sold these drones
The China TranComm spokeswoman declined to say who manufactured the drones it offered for sale.
On March 24, a drone crashed in the border city of Paju, in South Korea’s Gyeonggi province. A week later, another crashed on the island of Baengnyeong, also near the border.
South Korea’s Ministry of Defence revealed earlier this month that another drone had been found in Samcheok, Gangwon province, in October last year. It did not say why the initial drone finding was only reported months later.
The ministry said it believed the drones to be of North Korean origin, a claim Pyongyang has neither clearly denied or confirmed.
An analysis of photos taken by one of the drones showed that it had flown over the South Korean capital Seoul and taken photos of the Blue House, the presidential residence, as well as military facilities.